The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously concluded Wednesday that a nonprofit federally qualified health center isn't immune from a patient's negligence suit under a statute shielding nonprofits organized "exclusively" for charitable or educational purposes, reversing a lower court's finding to the contrary.
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NJ High Court Says Nonprofit Hospital Gets Limited Immunity

By Gianna Ferrarin

The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously concluded Wednesday that a nonprofit federally qualified health center isn't immune from a patient's negligence suit under a statute shielding nonprofits organized "exclusively" for charitable or educational purposes, reversing a lower court's finding to the contrary.

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2nd Circuit Rejects Nadine Menendez's Bail Bid During Appeal

By Phillip Bantz

A Second Circuit panel rejected Nadine Menendez's request for bail pending an appeal of her conviction in a bribery scheme involving her husband, former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, concluding the legal questions raised were not substantial enough to delay the start of her four-and-a-half-year prison term.

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Ex-TD Bank Teller Gets 2 Years For Laundering Drug Cash

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge sentenced a former TD Bank NA teller on Wednesday to two years in federal prison for accepting bribes and helping launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds through a scheme that transferred illicit money from the U.S. to Colombia.

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FanDuel Must Face Patent Infringement Suit Over Apps

By Bonnie Eslinger

A New Jersey federal judge has trimmed a lawsuit alleging FanDuel unlawfully uses WinView IP Holdings' patented technology for online and mobile gambling, allowing claims for direct infringement of two patents to proceed while tossing claims for willful and indirect infringement of those same patents.

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NJ Hospital Says Ex-CEO's Inaction At Event Supported Firing

By George Woolston

A New Jersey hospital urged a Garden State federal court to reject a bid from its former CEO for a finding that the hospital breached his employment agreement when it fired him over a topless art exhibit at a fundraising event, arguing that the ex-CEO has misinterpreted its sexual harassment policy.

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States Say Trump's DEI Rule For Contractors Is Unclear, Illegal

By Ben Adlin

Attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued numerous federal officials and agencies in an attempt to block the Trump administration's March 26 executive order prohibiting government contractors — including states — from engaging in "racially discriminatory" activity around diversity, equity and inclusion.

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ENFORCEMENT

Lab To Pay $4.9M To Settle AGs' COVID Test Pricing Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Eighteen states' attorneys general have entered into a $4.87 million settlement with GS Labs to resolve claims that the defunct testing company overcharged consumers for COVID-19 tests, according to statements issued Wednesday.

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LITIGATION

Container Cos. Sued For Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme

By Matthew Perlman

Shipping container buyers filed a proposed class action over an alleged conspiracy among the world's largest container manufacturers to limit production and raise prices during the COVID-19 pandemic, on the heels of a criminal indictment last month.

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Athletes Say NCAA Deal Illegally Limited NIL Opportunities

By Elaine Briseño

Two California college football players challenged the NCAA's recent historic settlement related to athlete compensation, alleging the $20.5 million cap unlawfully limits how much athletes can earn and restrains competition.

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Analysis

IP Notebook: Cox's Reach, 'Top Gun' Appeal, 'Lazy' Videos

By Ivan Moreno

This round of Law360's review of emerging copyright and trademark issues looks at the ripple effects from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on secondary copyright liability and highlights looming high court bids over "Top Gun" and Roberto Clemente's likeness on commemorative license plates.

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Brief

Bistate Agency, NJ Comptroller Agree To Settle Subpoena Rift

By George Woolston

The Delaware River Port Authority and the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller have reached a deal to resolve the bistate agency's suit claiming that the independent watchdog unlawfully attempted to force it to comply with two investigative subpoenas.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Law360 400

By Daniela Porat

Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.

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Kellogg Hansen Bests Susman Godfrey's Associate Pay Hikes

By Andrea Keckley

More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.

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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

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Widow Sues Podhurst Orseck Over $4M 737 Max Settlement

By Mike Curley

An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

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Miss America CEO Wants Ex-Atty Barred From Court

By Emily Lever

The CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to bar their former counsel Carlton Fields from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy, arguing the firm is not a party and is no longer counsel of record.

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Immigration Firm Says Attys Fraudulently Poached Clients

By Britain Eakin

A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.

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Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Gets Fla. Law License Back

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.

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Mass. Attys Ding Watchdog's 'Myopic' Public Defense Report

By Julie Manganis

The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Archer & Greiner

Barnes & Thornburg

Berger Montague

Bruning Law Group

Carlton Fields

Collins Bargione

Cozen O'Connor

Elsberg Baker

FBT Gibbons

Finnegan

Foley & Lardner

Freedman Normand

HSF Kramer

Holwell Shuster

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

Kluger Kaplan

Kranjac Tripodi

Lisinski Law Firm

Lite DePalma

Lowenthal & Abrams

Lubin Austermuehle

Milbank LLP

Podhurst Orseck

Robinson Miller

Saiber LLC

Schertler Onorato

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Taft Stettinius

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Altice USA

Cengage

China International Marine Containers Ltd.

Community Health Centers Inc.

Concord Music Group Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

Daybreak Express Inc.

Discord Inc.

DraftKings Inc.

FanDuel Inc.

Google LLC

Jazwares LLC

McAfee Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

New Jersey Association for Justice

Ohio State University

Paramount Pictures Corp.

Premera Blue Cross

RCN Telecom Services LLC

RWJ Barnabas Health Inc.

Reddit Inc.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Stanford University

The Florida Bar

TikTok Inc.

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Twitter Inc.

University of Miami

University of Southern California

Verizon Communications Inc.

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Warner Music Group Corp.

WideOpenWest Finance LLC

X Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Delaware River Port Authority

Executive Office of the President

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Florida Supreme Court

Maryland Attorney General's Office

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Nebraska Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Washington Attorney General's Office